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-ceptor

-ceptor suffix: forms names of specific neurological receptors.

Suffix

-ceptor

  1. Forms names of specific neurological receptors.

Origin of -ceptor

Abstracted from nociceptor and proprioceptor.

Words formed from -ceptor

Questions about -ceptor

What does -ceptor mean?
-ceptor means forms names of specific neurological receptors.
What part of speech is -ceptor?
-ceptor is a suffix.

Words near -ceptor in the dictionary

  1. -centrism
  2. -cephalic
  3. -cephalous
  4. -cephaly
  5. -ception
  6. -ceptor
  7. -cercous
  8. -ces
  9. -cest
  10. -cester
  11. -cha

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